Dooms History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Dooms

The Anglo-Saxon name Dooms comes from when the family resided in an area that was described by a downward slope. The surname was originally derived from the Anglo-Saxon word dun which means a hill.

Early Origins of the Dooms family

Early History of the Dooms family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dooms research. Another 329 words (24 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1226, 1270, 1327, 1350, 1379, 1407, 1445, 1549, 1570, 1609, 1619, 1628, 1631, 1662, 1666, 1710, 1779, 1805, 1810 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Dooms History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dooms Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Dooms has been recorded under many different variations, including Down, Downe, Downer, Doune, Douner, Dounner, Downner and many more.

Early Notables of the Dooms family

Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus, (c. 1549-1628), English classical scholar, one of the seven translators of the Apocrypha for the King James Version of the Bible. John Downe (1570?-1631), was an English divine, son of John Downe, by his wife, Joan, daughter of John Jewel, and sister of the bishop...
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Migration of the Dooms family to Ireland

Some of the Dooms family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Dooms family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Dooms or a variant listed above: Robert Downe arrived on St. Christopher Island, in the West Indies in 1635. John Downe crossed over in 1663 and landed in Virginia. Later he sailed south in 1685 to Barbados. Branches of the family later colonized the eastern seaboard..